How Austin Butler Prepared to Play Elvis 

Yes! Stunning performance!

Yes he did

Yes he was perfect

I've watched all elvis biographies/documentaries. Austin Butler transformed us to them days ........ I'm legitimately still in "awe" and in shock ! He was truly made for this role ! Every movement, even to the second Elvis drank a sip of water , he truly surpassed any portrayal of any singer/actor ....... I can't get enough of Butler , I've been a fan since he was a kid , this is his moment ! This is Austin Butler at his finest for sure ! It seems like the whole world can't express the magnetism of his portrayal 💪👐👏

Amazing. I will be so pissed if he doesn't win an Oscar. I think Elvis would be too.

Why is that unfortunate?

@@MarcusGarzasChannel I’m assuming they mean it’s unfortunate that we lost Elvis himself.

My gma met Elvis bc her mom and Elvis aunt were great friends and my gma gave me here Elvis signed guitar and she taught me everything’s about Elvis and I love the movie and my mom met Elvis in 76 when she was only 3 yrs old and she has a amazing photo with him at Graceland and I have been to Graceland many times and I am going to stay at the Elvis hotel where he preformed for my bday August 10-12

@@Morganellisfan how AMAZING for you and your family! So many beautiful memories of ELVIS ! That is so wonderful!💕💙🙏for you! The movie was amazing! I FELT I was watching The real ELVIS in concert! So far I have seen this movie 7 times! 🥰💕🙏from Australia !

But remember, an Oscar nomination is just as good as a win.

Same!!! We needed an American to represent an American icon! Loveee Harry but he wouldve sucked

Agree!!!! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼❤️❤️🙏🙏❤️

I totally agree

He did not look like Elvis. Did a great job though. Worked hard. An Oscar please. Harry Styles lol. No way.

No cap he dose fam ❤️ wish him the best in his career

I agree, he himself is humble like Elvis he went into it to show elvis humility and elvis as a human being like the rest of us, Elvis is my idol but he is human like us all. He was incredible and I think he did a good job singing himself as the young Elvis

Also, Austin’s voice outshines all the other actors who auditioned for Elvis!

Austin blew tom hanks out of the water. Elvis was hanks worst picture. It was blatantly obvious that hanks didnt study the colonels voice and gave him the most obvious accent when Tom Parker had Elvis and most people convinced he was from America. I don't think he could have pulled that off sounding like a dutch immigrant completely instead of it slipping in specific words 🤣

Haven't seen the film yet but after this will see it. Might be an upcoming phenomenal actor that won't just be known for his good looks as some have been but be known for his actual acting ability and believability when you watch him in a movie.

not even bohmian rhapsody??? rami malek??

@@thewinniem not as much I did cry but I was bawling by the end of the movie

@@thewinniem well Rami was incredible...he was perfect. But austin sings too. Still, I can't say who's the best, It should be quite scary to impersonate such legends

NO KIDDING, SISTER!!!

@@kikip2811 Austin Butler only sings when he appears as the '50s Elvis. In everything else he lip synchs to Elvis's singing voice.

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Oscar nomination worthy, a win we will have to see

I can't understand why anyone would say that they would be unsure who they're looking at, Elvis or Austin Butler. It's easy - Elvis was about a million times better looking! I'm not knocking Austin Butler, but he looks nothing like Elvis. He got the moves right, I'll give him that.

I 1million percent agree with everything that you said!!

Me too!! I was skeptical about him playing Elvis, but about two minutes into the movie I was like "oh he's PERFECT"!!!

I've seen that preview at several movies and every time I thought it was one of the best trailers I've seen in years. Of course trailers are known to often be way better than the movie. That Wonder Woman 84 trailer looked phenomenal but I've been told the movie wasn't any good.

i have seen the movie now 2 times in a row.... at first you think that is not Elvis.... in less than 15 minutes you think oh my God....... what a movie.... Next year after 3 husbands who'm refusing getting in to a plaine, now i am going... on my own going to Graceland...... CAN'T WAIT......!!!!!

@@antonettadamkoevoets9817 it’s a cool place. No chance Elvis would still live there today if he was alive but it is worth seeing. Only thing is they don’t let you upstairs.

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He did an incredible job!

Seriously needs to

didnt even look like him !

@@pelicanus11 so?? his acting was still amazing

@@pelicanus11 It doesn’t matter if he looks like Elvis. He embodied Elvis and essentially became Elvis with this performance. It’s as if the real Elvis came back and blessed Austin with this performance. I think the real Elvis will bless Austin with an Oscar for this performance.

Same!

Hi Ann, I'm a 86 year young senior and I never had an interest in Elvis. But a friend brought the movie over and well, I was really impressed with this young man's portrayal! I've been watching any YuTubes on Elvis I can find. An incredible story, an amazing talent, and young Austin was brilliant. Should get an Oscar.

There is a book over 300+ pages called The Best of Elvis: Reflections of a Great Humanitarian by Cindy Hazen & Mike Freeman, it tells the story.He Donated the funds to have ST Jude built so every child with Cancer gets free treatment - even today, He bought LBJ's presidential yacht and auctioned to fund ST Jude, He donated the money to complete The Kennedy Art & Music Center in memory of JFK and declined to be the first to play as the founding member because he didn't want to seem political, donated the funds for the USS Arizona in Hawaii to remember all the lives lost on DDay, ended the Polio Epidemic inspiring 86% of America's youth, He funded 500,000 European Refugees food, housing & relocation via Red Cross Donations. He funded an entire trauma wing at Midsouth memorial so 4 states had a Trauma one care, donated 300+ Cadillac alone, 300+ brick homes, thousands of funerals, chemo treatments, millions of individual gifts of Jewelry, clothes, instruments, animals, make a wish were at every concert, hospital visits, spent every night outside his home in Memphis, Beverly Hills & LA signing autographs, in 1950's he even let fans that came from out of town CAMP ON HIS LAWN IN TENTS, He bought his childhood home in Tupelo and built a childs recreation center for poor kids, He signed autographs and gave fans tours at all the movie studios, concerts for Cancer fundraising, hurricane & tornado relief every year from 1956-77, donated to the same 55 MAJOR charities since the year he signed his 1956 contract even now every year 45yrs after his death. He gave away 86% of his ENTIRE lifetime GROSS earnings! Never wrote one donation off on his taxes despite being in the 95% income bracket. Giving was his tithing for Jesus. He said the more he gave, the more God blessed him.

Maybe you should read " Destined to die young". Elvis had MAJOR health problems from birth. There is WAY more to that story. His mom, Grandma Doll & 6 of his 8 uncles all died in their 40's. He took perscriptions to deal with his Genetic health problems, his enlarged paralyzed colon, Glaucoma, Antitrypsin Deficiency, a condition which can result in lung and/or liver disease both of which he had severely at the time of his death. Elvis was never a smoker or drinker. He had Together with the immune system disorder, hypogammaglobulinemia, which plagued Elvis all his life and caused him to constantly fight various infections. His “inherited” weak heart, reactive arthritis, and the impact of his nocturnal lifestyle, resulting in a lack of vitamin D, the effects of which contributed to respiratory infections, reduced immune function, and inflammation. Of the 11 bodily systems that operate to keep us alive and hopefully healthy. Critically, Elvis suffered disease or disorder in nine of them! And five were present from birth and pre his fame. His heart (circulatory system), his lungs (respiratory system), and his bowels (digestive/excretory systems) required medication. Insomnia affected his nervous system……His immune system was compromised. His urinary system was not functioning properly. At one point there was even talk of dialysis. Often he is dismissed as just another rock ‘n’ roll drug addict. He wasn't taking street drugs. He was taking perscriptions not to "ESCAPE" h was taking them to try to maintain some sense of normalcy as himself in a time where the medical field was limited. No DNA, Genetics, No MRI's, little known about the addiction, his dystrophy & No understanding of Vitamin D even. Looking at the illnesses and disorders, that mounted upon each other over the decades, it’s no coincidence that Elvis’ prescription drug use increased as his health declined. From ear infections to chronic tonsilitis to recurrent flus to eye infections and glaucoma…..these arguably insignificant ailments independently, grew into something more. As his body broke down, alongside multiple immune system disorders and genetic complications, prescription medication and his handy PDR tried to fill the gaps. When that no longer worked, hospital stays became the norm and his list of ailments grew. The sicker he got, the more prescriptions he was prescribed. He was seeing a cardiologist before he bought Graceland. He was 20yrs old. They have gone through Elvis's entire life of medical records & now have an entire different story now. This is all the facts Geraldo & 20/20 never stated.

FYI Elvis didn't die like that, or throw in the towel on life. He went on to find the love of his life Linda Thompson. She eventually left because she wanted kids and Elvis wasn't ready.

Couldn't agree more!

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I am glad I am not the only one having seen it more than once! I am a native Memphian and THIS IS AWESOME AND WILL GO SEE IT FOR THE 5th TIME THIS WEEK!!!

@@hotelnapoleon1868 hi ! So far I have seen it 7 times! OSCORS GALLORE FOR ELVIS THE MOVIE IS SENSATIONAL!

YesI loved the movie!!!I never had a movie have the affect on me like that one did!! I cried at 5he end !!! Austin should get great recognition or an award he was that good !!!!❤

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That wasn't a portrayal, I've seen a lot of portrayals of characters, and this right here wasn't just that. Austin Butler was Elvis, and will be the role that he will be remembered for for a long time.

@@ckmont1996 I agree. You know what is strange to me, is that we Elvis fans will complain or disagree about anything that's done on him. And I've not seen that with this movie and that is just wild to me.

Yes he was. Good

Agreed 👍

Wow, what a great performance by Austin Butler. I've watched other actors portray him in movies none of them came to bring back Elvis even just fir a few hours for me. My friends and I felt so sad after the movie ended. We were like watching Elvis still love and then he's gone for good....so sad... .😔 ....why did he have to die so young ....butvthen thank God that we had him and left us so many special memories. Forever Elvis fan since 1956,....66 yrs ago. ❤️ Thank you, Austin, I pray that you get an award or recognition for an excellent, unbelievable performance. I hope they make another Elvis movie or remake of one of his movies like Blue Hawaii or any. Hope to hearing/watching more of your performances. More success to you. How do I get a signed autograph of your photo ?

He also was one of the actors who the director of the little mermaid wanted to play as Prince Eric but he said that his tour was a problem because of touring different places. I could see him more as playing Prince Eric more than Elvis

Harry would've been such a cash-grabbing and corny choice. Baz Luhrmann is surely camp and exaggerated, but he's not one to make corny choices

Take Me With You!!!!!!!!

Harry Styles could maybe pull off playing Mick Jagger, but definitely not Elvis.

He wouldn’t be good at playing elvis Austin Buttler is perfect for it

interesting idea. I would definitely watch a movie about James Dean. His short life was a turmoil.

Great idea!!!

True however they did a movie about James Dean already. James Franco played James Dean in the movie and he also did a great job.

Yes..James Dean too.

Yews,please players James Dean!!!!!!!!

I have to agree with you for all that you said. I really did not expect much but this young man worked so hard to get it right. I hope that he wins all the awards possible he deserves it.

I agree with everything. I became a fan of Elvis through my mother. I cannot wait to show it to her. She as been a fan since 1960. I believe she will love it.

Congrats Austin! You nailed it!

While I loved this Elvis movie, and hopes that Austin Butler gets an Oscar for his great performance, if you think that his portrayal of Elvis was the best portrayal of an individual portraying another then you clearly haven’t seen Jaimie Fox Oscar winning performance as Ray Charles.

He looks like Elvis???? He looks more like "Justin Bieber" Both of them can pass for brothers but No resemblance of Elvis Presley! I'd advise you to go to the eye doctor and get your eyes examined and go get a psychiatric evaluation asap.

Wrong.

@@paulvalentine1483 These people must be delusional or hallucinating because i definitely don't see what they're seeing it's me trying to claim that Johnny Depp resembles Bruce Willis.

He does not look like Elvis, even after the makeup.

@@freedomeagle7392 Thank you very much i fully agree your statement 👍

Totally agree!

@Doris Wood. Austin Butler only sang the songs where he appeared as the '50s Elvis. Everything else is Austin Butler lip-synching to Elvis's actual singing voice.

Austin sang the early stuff himself. Later stuff it was his vocals WITH Elvis's vocals.. ..Joe Black. RESEARCH.

Agreed, that's how I knew that he could already sing!

LOL exactly!